Crews in Des Moines worked overnight to move a large house several blocks to its new home.

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Updated: 6:53 AM CDT Jun 15, 2017

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WEBVTT A CAUSE.ELIZABETH: BACK HERE, THE BIGMOVE HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. CREWS PICKED UP A HOUSE ANDACTUALLY MOVED IT SEVERAL BLOCKSTO ITS NEW HOME. HERE'S THE ROUTE THE HOUSE TOOK,FROM 40TH AND INGERSOLL TO THESHERMAN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. KCCI'S ALYX SACKS IS LIVE WITHHOW THEY DID IT.THIS HAD TO BE A BIG OPERATION,ALYX. ALYX: IT CERTAINLY WAS,ELIZABETH. IT'S BEEN AN ALL NIGHTER. THEY STARTED AT 10:00 AND GOT ITHERE AND WORKING PAST 4:00 THISWARNING.BUT IT IS ALREADY TO GO.IT IS STILL KIND OF UP ON BLOCKSTHIS MORNING.THEY WILL MOVE IT ONTO HIS NEWFOUNDATION AT 10:00 THISMORNING.TRAVELING THROUGH SOME BUSYSTREETS LIKE GRAND AVENUE,MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARKWAY,AND INTO ITS SPOT HERE BEHINDSMOKEY ROW.AS THEY WERE MOVING ANDTRAVELING THROUGH THE CITY, THEYHAD TO KNOCK DOWN POWER FORTHOSE NEIGHBORS FOR IT TO BESAFE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.ANOTHER BIG PROJECT WAS PUTTINGUP THE POWER LINES BACK UP ONCETHE HOUSE WAS IN PLACE.THIS IS A 1904 HOME, LOTS OFHISTORY.THIS WAS A BIG MOVE FOR THEOWNER AND HIS FAMILY.>> IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THEPERSPECTIVE OF THE SIZE OF THEHOUSE MOVING AGAINST OTHERTHINGS YOU THOUGHT WERE BIG,UNTIL YOU SEE THIS HOUSE GO DOWNTHE STREET.IT IS A FASCINATING PROCESS.ALYX: THIS HOUSE WAS SAVED FROMDEMOLITION.THEY DECIDED TO UP AND MOVE IT.THE OWNER SAYS HE'S LOOKING TORESTORE IT AND GIVE IT A LITTLETLC, SO IT MIGHT BE LOOKING ALITTLE BETTER, IF YOU WANT TOCHECK IT OUT.IT DID GET A LITTLE BIT OFDAMAGE BUT OVERALL IT WAS A

Smooth Move: Crews transport big house to new home

Crews in Des Moines worked overnight to move a large house several blocks to its new home.